[TN-Bird] birding "hwy" 79, Lake Co

"hwy" 79
Southwest Lake co. Tn.
Off of the Great River Rd.
Birded late Sat. afternoon 4/21/06 with Kathie Holder from Memphis.  We went 
down to Hwy 79 which will eventually deadend near the Miss River. The road gets 
fairly rough as you go further down it.  Tumbleweed WMA  is also off of this 
road.  And is the area where the Black billed Cuckoo's were found nesting on 
our spring Ct. several years ago by Jeff Wilson and Mark Green.  When there are 
mud flats it is also great for Shorebirds. Fields have been a good place to see 
Upland Sandpipers in past years.

The area is fairly dry and no mud flats were found but we did find  a flock of 
Savannah Sparrows, Dickcissels, Warbling Vireos (great looks) in several 
places, Baltimore Orioles and Orchard Orioles by the numbers in the trees on 
the sides as you driver further down the road. There were Palm Warblers, 
Yellowrumps, (Kathie had Grasshopper sparrows on Sunday), Field Sparrows, AM. 
Pipits (2), great look at White Crowned Sp.(3), Black and white Warbler, heard 
a number of Bob White Quail,  Lincoln Sp. , Warbler species should be 
increasing daily.  

We drove down the first road that goes into the Tumbleweed WMA and saw more 
Savannahs. I wanted to find a sand mound and see if the bank swallows were 
nesting but the one we found did not have any sign of nesting. The road got 
muddier to drive on and we turned back and headed home. It was 6:30 by then. 
The trees were full of birds, mostly Orioles. ( As it is every year) .  What a 
sound.

Nancy Moore
Bluebasin Cove B&B
Reelfoot lake
Lake Co, Tn
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